preprocessing printf/regex strings (like ocaml)

[anatoli]

Robert Ennals <Robert.Ennals@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I personally much prefer the syntax currently used in Haskell, which is also 
> essentially what is used in most other recent languages, including Java, C++, 
> and (god help me) Perl.
> 
> In the example given, I could write:
> 
> "I have " ++ action ++ " " ++ number ++ " " ++ whatas
> where
>     action = "trained"
>     number = show 1
>     whatas = "Jedi"

This is all fine and dandy, but how would you translate this to
42 different languages your customers want supported, with
different word order and all that?
-- 
anatoli t.

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